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Equidistribution of sparse sequences on nilmanifolds

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We study equidistribution properties of nil-orbits (b n x)n∈ℕ when the parameter n is restricted to the range of some sparse sequence that is not necessarily polynomial. For example, we show that if X = G/Γ is a nilmanifold, b ∈ G is an ergodic nilrotation, and c ∈ ℝ \ ℤ is positive, then the sequence \( (b^{[n^c ]} x)_{n \in \mathbb{N}} \) is equidistributed in X for every x ∈ X. This is also the case when n c is replaced with a(n), where a(t) is a function that belongs to some Hardy field, has polynomial growth, and stays logarithmically away from polynomials, and when it is replaced with a random sequence of integers with sub-exponential growth. Similar results have been established by Boshernitzan when X is the circle.

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Frantzikinakis, N. Equidistribution of sparse sequences on nilmanifolds. JAMA 109, 353–395 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11854-009-0035-y

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